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stairs

stairs

4 1.0
A set of steps that people use to go between floors
  • noun
  • /stɛrz/
translation icon : escaleras
  • She can't even walk up a couple of stairs to the front door.
  • the bottom of the stairs

When he fell down the stairs, that's that's on me.

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Examples

  • That is a rock retaining wall with stairs, complete with areas to plant.

  • I have ascended the stairs and I'm in map paradise.

  • It's called up the stairs, down the stairs, up the stairs.

  • Always take the stairs, guys, always take the stairs.

  • Always got to take the stairs whenever you can.

  • I guess we'll have to take the stairs to higher consciousness then.

  • He comes down the stairs and said, Matt, Oh, my God.

  • I truly fell down the stairs and cracked the banister.

  • So what they had done was like makeshift stairs out of risers.

  • There are three flights of stairs leading up to the main entrance of the building.

Synonyms

staircase
vsstairs
100 1.0

A set of steps inside a building that people use to move between floors

is the core set of risers without fixed frame or handrail
flight
vsstairs
72 2.8

A set of steps between one floor and the next

is the general grouping of risers possibly covering more than one run
stairway
vsstairs
54 1.0

A set of steps that people use to go between floors in a building

is the basic collection of risers without implying a built passage
flight of stairs
vsstairs
41 1.6

A set of steps between two floors of a building

is broader and can mean any set used to move between levels
flight of steps
vsstairs
3 3.0

A set of stairs between two floors

covers any set of risers for moving between levels, not only one run
steps
vsstairs
1.0

A set of stairs outside a building

is the indoor or general set used to move between building levels

Compounds

A set of steps between two floors of a building

How Big

stairs
4 1.0
staircase
100 1.0
step
526 1.0

Surface Forms

stairs plural

Etymology

Stairs comes from an old word meaning 'step', so the name is simply about steps you put your feet on; think of it as many steps joined together. That's why stairs are the set of steps you use to go between floors.